Chris Birch Buys 84 Shares of Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Chris Birch purchased 84 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 15th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 178 per share, for a total transaction of £149.52.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of HWG opened at GBX 176.80 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of £575.00 million, a P/E ratio of 63.14 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.88, a current ratio of 441.42 and a quick ratio of 1.13. Harworth Group plc has a one year low of GBX 116.80 and a one year high of GBX 185. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 158.32 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 146.17.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, September 9th. The company reported GBX (7.80) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a negative net margin of 20.56% and a negative return on equity of 3.74%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HWG has been the topic of several recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 170 price objective on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 200 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 196.75.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.